| Main Entry: | benignancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benevolence |
Synonyms: |
altruism, beneficence, benignity, big-heartedness, charitableness, charity, generosity, goodness, goodwill, graciousness, humanitarianism, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy |
| Main Entry: | mercy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindness, compassion |
Synonyms: |
benevolence, benignancy, blessing, boon, charity, clemency, commiseration, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, generosity, gentleness, godsend, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindliness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, luck, mildness, pity, quarter, relief, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance |
Antonyms: |
cruelty, intolerance, meanness, uncompassion |
| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shared feeling |
Synonyms: |
accord, affinity, agreement, alliance, attraction, benignancy, close relation, commiseration, compassion, concord, congeniality, connection, correspondence, empathy, feelings, fellow feeling, harmony, heart, kindliness, kindness, mutual attraction, mutual fondness, rapport, responsiveness, sensitivity, tenderness, understanding, union, unity, warmheartedness, warmth |
| Notes: | condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering' empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of another's feelings or problems, while sympathy is more general and can apply to small annoyances or setbacks sympathy means the stimulation in a person of feelings that are similar in kind to those that affect another person; empathy means a mental or affective projection into the feelings or state of mind of another person |
Antonyms: |
disdain, incompatibility, indifference |
| Main Entry: | beneficence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benevolence |
Synonyms: |
altruism, benefaction, benignancy, benignity, big-heartedness, charitableness, charity, generosity, goodness, goodwill, grace, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy |
| Main Entry: | benignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benevolence |
Synonyms: |
altruism, benefaction, beneficence, benignancy, big-heartedness, charitableness, charity, compassion, generosity, goodness, goodwill, graciousness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy, warm-heartedness |
| Main Entry: | kindliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benevolence |
Synonyms: |
altruism, amity, benefaction, beneficence, benignancy, benignity, charitableness, charity, comity, compassion, favor, feeling, friendliness, friendship, generosity, gift, good will, goodness, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, oblation, office, philanthropy, sympathy |